treatment - care by procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury

acoustic - a remedy for hearing loss or deafness

antidote, counterpoison - a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

emetic, nauseant, vomitive, vomit - a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting

lenitive - remedy that eases pain and discomfort

lotion, application - liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion for dry skin"

magic bullet - a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease; "there is no magic bullet against cancer"

medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

ointment, salve, unguent, balm, unction - semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

alleviant, palliative, alleviator - remedy that alleviates pain without curing

cure-all, nostrum, panacea - hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

preventative, preventive, prophylactic - remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"

practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"

aid, help - improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"

recuperate - restore to good health or strength

preserve, keep - prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"

cure - be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun"

dun - cure by salting; "dun codfish"

harden, indurate - become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

cure - prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"